The U.S. Supreme Court’s chief justice has declined to testify to Congress on ethics issues. Chief Justice John Roberts informed Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) of the refusal on April 25. Durbin, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had urged Roberts to answer questions under oath at an upcoming public hearing….
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Refuses to Testify Before Congress
Supreme Court Sides With Landowners Whose Land Was Sought for Pipeline
April 26, 2023
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The Supreme Court revived a lawsuit filed by Virginia property owners challenging the seizure of their land to make way for a natural gas pipeline. The court’s decision, which came April 24 in an unsigned order with no recorded dissents, is the latest development in a long-running legal battle between Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC and…
Southwest Airlines Cannot ‘Sacrifice’ Workers’ Religious Rights on ‘Altar’ of Company Policy, Judge Rules
April 25, 2023
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A Texas federal judge minced no words as he denied Southwest Airlines’ request for a retrial in the free-speech case of a now-reinstated flight attendant. Judge Brantley Starr chastised the airline for its “disturbing” and “hostile view of religious liberty” in the case of Charlene Carter, a Colorado woman whose anti-abortion social media messages got…
LIVE 2 PM ET: DOJ Announces Settlement, Charges in National Security Case
U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen and senior government officials hold a news conference at 2:00 p.m. Et on April 25 to announce a settlement and charges in a significant national security case. …
DOJ Announces Settlement, Charges in National Security Case
U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen and senior government officials hold a news conference at 2:00 p.m. Et on April 25 to announce a settlement and charges in a significant national security case. …
IN-DEPTH: Democrats’ Push to Impose Ethics Code on Supreme Court Won’t Work, Legal Experts Say
April 25, 2023
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Senate Democrats’ efforts to impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court and get Chief Justice John Roberts to testify in Congress about Supreme Court ethics policies are fraught with problems, legal experts told The Epoch Times. Congressional Democrats have responded with anger and indignation to an April 6 article published by ProPublica, a…
Indian Tribe Tells Supreme Court It Cannot Be Sued
A defaulting borrower told the Supreme Court on April 24 that he should be able to sue an Indian tribe based in Wisconsin for allegedly aggressive collection efforts he claims drove him to attempt to take his own life. In the case, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin (court file…
Jury Selection Begins Over 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack
April 24, 2023
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PITTSBURGH—Most prospective jurors said Monday that if they were to convict a man of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, they would be capable of sentencing him to die. The first day of Jury selection concluded in the trial of 50-year-old Robert G. Bowers, who faces…
Decision on Trump Indictment to Be Annouced ‘In the Near Future’: Fulton County DA
April 24, 2023
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A Georgia district attorney wrote in a letter dated April 24 that she intends to announce potential indictments resulting from a probe into former President Donald Trump and his associates for alleged interference in the 2020 election with his calls for investigations. “In the near future, I will announce charging decisions resulting from the investigation…
Supreme Court to Decide If Public Officials Can Block Critics on Social Media
April 24, 2023
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The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Americans can sue government officials who block them on social media, an issue that also arose during former President Donald Trump’s time in office. The Supreme Court’s ruling in the matter, which is likely to be heard in the court’s new term that begins in October, is…
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